Sunday’s Amp Energy 500 was not your typical Talladega.

It began with a warning to drivers before the race from NASCAR president Mike Helton that   bump-drafting through the turns at Talladega Superspeedway would not be tolerated.

The first couple of hours consisted of cars running around the track in single file.  Even the drivers were bored.  On lap 68, Kevin Harvick, in the lead position, jokingly asks for an iPod to sit in his drink holder.

When something exciting did happen, it was not what we wanted to see. On lap 183, Ryan Newman is involved in a scary crash, tumbling end over end, finally landing upside down. After a tense few minutes we finally hear his voice on the radio and all breathe a sigh of relief.

He spoke for us all after the wreck.

“I wish NASCAR would do something,” Newman said. Continue reading →